The Death of Conservatism

Sep 8, 2009

American Enterprise Institute

Sam Tanenhaus talked about his book The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009). In his book Mr. Tanenhaus gives an intellectual history of conservatism, saying that for seventy-five years, conservatives have been split into two factions, the "realists" who believe in the virtues of government and the "revanchists" who distrust .. Read More
Sam Tanenhaus talked about his book The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009). In his book Mr. Tanenhaus gives an intellectual history of conservatism, saying that for seventy-five years, conservatives have been split into two factions, the "realists" who believe in the virtues of government and the "revanchists" who distrust government and society and seek to destroy civil society through ideological warfare rather than preserve traditions. He argues that the "revanchists," who have won control of the Republican Party, are not true conservatives. Steven Hayward and Henry Olsen responded to his remarks and joined him in discussion. They replied to questions from members of the audience. This was the first of the monthly Bradley Lectures of the 2009-2010 season. It was held at the American Enterprise Institute at 5:30 p.m. on September 8, 2009. Sam Tanenhaus is the editor of the New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review. His books include Whittaker Chambers: A Biography. Mr. Tanenhaus is currently working on a biography of William F. Buckley.

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00:01:24 Unidentified Speaker I LITERALLY DID NOT KNOW ANY CONSERVATIVES IN PERSON GROWING UP. NOT ONE PERSON I KNEW VOTED FOR ...
00:04:01 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO IS HERE. IN PARTICULAR MY GOOD FRIEND WHO FIRST SUGGESTED I SPEAK HERE. ACTUALLY...
00:20:43 Unidentified Speaker EVERYONE WANTED TO SEE THE REPORT.
00:20:46 Unidentified Speaker THE WHITE HOUSE LIVE DID. IT SPOKE IN VERY DIRECT LANGUAGE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF INNER-CITY HANDLING...
00:30:43 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I GUESS MAYBE I SHOULD BEGIN BY DECLARING A SMALL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MY NEW BOOK VERY...
00:43:56 Unidentified Speaker SAM DEFINES 1965 TO 1975 AS THE HIGH POINT OF CONSERVATISM BECAUSE WHENEVER THAT POINT REPRESENTS...
00:56:40 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO SAM WHO PROBABLY HAS SOME COMMENTS.
00:56:46 Unidentified Speaker WE WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE TOO.
00:56:50 Unidentified Speaker AS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE.
00:56:52 Unidentified Speaker JUST TO MENTION A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE. WE HAVE HEARD A GREAT DEAL FROM STEVE ABOUT CONSERVATIVE...
00:59:25 Unidentified Speaker ANNA AND STAVER ONE EDWARDS IS AS GOOD AS ANOTHER I GUESS AND BUT THE LARGER POINT HERE IS THIS BOOK...
01:04:04 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL NOW TAKE SOME RANS FROM THE AUDIENCE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU BEFORE...
01:04:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I AM RODGER WITH THE CATO INSTITUTE. SAM YOU HAVE GIVEN US AN INTERESTING NEW YOUR VIEW...
01:05:17 Unidentified Speaker STRAUTS TOO.
01:05:20 Unidentified Speaker I WONDER WHY DO YOU DID NOT IN THESE IN YOUR TALK INCLUDE THAT VERY IMPORTANT FOUNDATION ASPECT OF...
01:05:31 Unidentified Speaker A GREAT QUESTION AND IN A LONGER BOOK I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE. I WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE POLITICS...
01:07:07 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL MOVE OVER TO THIS SIDE.
01:07:17 Unidentified Speaker ZACHARY DAVIS, THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE.
01:07:23 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS AN OLD ORGANIZATION THAT WE WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU.
01:07:28 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT VAGUENESS OF THE CONSERVATIVE TENDENCY...
01:08:23 Unidentified Speaker WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO FIRST TO ANSWER THE OBAMA QUESTION AND THEN I WILL WAY AND.
01:08:31 Unidentified Speaker OH GOSH. WELL, ONE REASON DEFINING FREEDOM, IT IS NOT SIMPLE TO DO ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WERE TRYING...
01:10:20 Unidentified Speaker I THINK STEVE POTS AS ACTIVELY STATED BOTH WHAT CONSERVATIVES FEAR AND WHAT CONSERVATIVES NEED TO...
01:12:06 Unidentified Speaker THESE ARE BOTH REALLY INTERESTING POINTS AND WHAT HENRY JUST SAID REMINDED ME WHY IT WAS THE STATEMENT...
01:19:33 Unidentified Speaker JONAH GOLDBERG. WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
01:19:39 Unidentified Speaker IF I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL VERY INTERESTING. I'VE ONLY JUST STARTED THE BOOK AND I HAVE READ THE NEW...
01:19:52 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE MENTIONED IT ONCE.
01:19:54 Unidentified Speaker IS FINE BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY AS SOMETHING OF A STUDENT OF CONSERVATIVE-- CONSERVATISM MYSELF, "LOS...
01:20:07 Unidentified Speaker THE AUTHOR OF A HUGELY BESTSELLING BOOK, DON'T BE SO MODEST.
01:20:16 Unidentified Speaker THAT AS IT MAY, I THINK STEPHEN MANY WAYS PUT HIS FINGER ON IT, THERE IS A WORLD THE NATURE TO SOME...
01:20:46 Unidentified Speaker HE WON IT TWICE FOR HISTORY AND FOR POETRY.
01:20:51 Unidentified Speaker SO THERE YOU GO AND HERE HE, RICHARD HOFSTADTER'S INTERESTING, HE SAID WE SHOULD SUPPORT ADLAI STEVENSON...
01:25:04 Unidentified Speaker WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? IS THAT FOR ME? [LAUGHTER]
01:25:10 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT WAS FOR YOU, SAM.
01:25:12 Unidentified Speaker I SAID EARLY ON I WAS NOT HERE TO DEFEND LIBERALS. AND MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE. I THINK THE COMPLICATION...
01:30:06 Unidentified Speaker BUT I FEEL THAT IS THE WAY OUT TO ANSWER THE EARLIER QUESTION, I THINK THAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR REPUBLICANS....
01:32:26 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORESHORT QUESTION WHICH WILL COME FROM WALTER BURNS. [INAUDIBLE]
01:32:44 Unidentified Speaker STRAUSS HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSELL KIRK. HE IS NEOCONSERVATISM BECAUSE MANY OF HIS...
01:33:20 Unidentified Speaker 1952. AT THE LOCAL PRECINCT. REGISTER TO VOTE.
01:33:35 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS RIGHT. AND VOTED FOR HIM TWICE. NO, I THINK WHAT I SAID, AND MAYBE MISTAKEN, IRVING KRISTOL...
01:35:50 Unidentified Speaker IT DOES IT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. OUR CONVERSATIONS WILL SPILL OVER INTO. I THINK -- MY...
01:36:12 Unidentified Speaker CAN I THANK EVERYONE IN TURN BECAUSE FOR BETTER OR WORSE -- MAY BE WORSE, I COULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN...
01:36:51 Unidentified Speaker NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR SAM TANENHAUS IS THE AUTHOR OF "LITERATURE UNBOUND",

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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